Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan

The Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan^[2] was the 2nd raid on the Banu Assad bin Qhuzayma tribe, which took place in August, 627AD in 3rd month of, 6AH of the Islamic calendar.^[2][3]

At the order of Muhammad, a platoon of 30 Muslim fighters led by ‘Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan was despatched to a place called Al-Ghamir inhabited by Bani Asad in the year six Hijri. The enemy immediately fled leaving behind them 200 camels which were taken to Madinah.^{[1] [4]}

The 1st Raid on the Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah tribe took place 3 years earlier.^[5][6]

See also

• Muhammad as a general

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "A platoon led by ‘Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan was despatched ", Witness-Pioneer.com
2. ^ ^{a b} Tabari, Al (25 Sep 1990), The last years of the Prophet (translated by Isma’il Qurban Husayn), State University of New York Press, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XxG8BsHNw-MC&pg=PA119 
3. ^ Hawarey, Dr. Mosab (2010). The Journey of Prophecy; Days of Peace and War (Arabic). Islamic Book Trust. http://www.islamic-book.net/ar/Rihlat-Alnobowwah.htm. Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation available here
4. ^ Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The Sealed Nectar, Darussalam Publications, p. 205, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-ppPqzawIrIC&printsec=frontcover 
5. ^ Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet, Darussalam Publications, p. 349, ISBN 978-9960899558, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r_80rJHIaOMC&pg=PA244 
6. ^ Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (October 2, 1980), Muhammad, seal of the prophets, Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, p. 153, ISBN 978-0710006103, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=baw9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA153